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Elena Wicker

@ElenaWicker

Military jargon, terminology, buzzwords, dictionaries, documents, publishing • PhD from @GUGovt

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Joined August 2014
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“Strategist - one skilled in strategy, or the science of projecting campaigns.” Military dictionary from 1918.
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Very curious about “the science of projecting campaigns.” Forecasting? Or projecting power? Or in the cartographic/mapping sense?
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Me trying to spell “battalion.”👇 (I didn’t even get it right the first time while writing this tweet.)
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@MerriamWebsterNov 3
We ran 80,000 simulations, and you spelled 'definitely' wrong in 71,052 of them.
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Practicableness. n.s. [from practicable.] Possibility to be performed. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com…
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@susie_dentOct 30
If the world is getting a little too much may I recommend the inexplicably obsolete word ‘latibulating’, from the 17th century? To latibulate is to find a cosy corner somewhere and hide in it.
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Sir, this is a national park, not a portal to the underworld. Photo of a bobcat pretending to be a tree demon at Joshua Tree National Park.
Silhouette of a bobcat with glowing eyes is perched on a bare tree branch against a cloudy sky at dusk.

ALT Silhouette of a bobcat with glowing eyes is perched on a bare tree branch against a cloudy sky at dusk.

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Happy Halloween from Remy! And his festive hoodies for every holiday. 🎃
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Where are you reading your favorite military history articles these days? I need recommendations…
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Working on an article and I just realized that my desk currently has almost a hundred years of typing history sitting on it. Typewriter, MacBook, Bluetooth keyboard.
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Quite Interesting
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RAS Syndrome is Redundant Acronym Syndrome Syndrome - where a word in an acronym is used in conjunction with it, like ‘PIN number’ and ‘ATM machine’.
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I’m cataloguing my military dictionary collection, and this morning I am working on the description for my oldest first edition (1760). It has about fifty engravings in it and they’re gorgeous:
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Little tiny ships!! “View of the engagement between the capes La Hogue and Barfleur, May 19th 1692.”
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Abso-BLEEPING-lutely. ‘Expletive infixation’ is the linguistic term for profanity inserted into a word for emphasis. (For this thread, we’ll use 'BLEEPING,' but feel free to substitute another word.) 🧵⬇️
NoGo (@852munkie808) profile pictureNoGo@852munkie808Oct 9
Replying to @MerriamWebster
Can you do a post of profanity, like in a most academic way possible, just to keep it professhionaaal?
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Throwback to my favorite article… Full Spectrum Integrated Lethality?: On Buzzwords warontherocks.com/full-spect…
Full-Spectrum Integrated Lethality? On the Promise and Peril of Buzzwords

Full-Spectrum Integrated Lethality? On the Promise and Peril of Buzzwords

Every few years, there seems to be a new buzzword in the national security establishment. What was once simply “deterrence” has recently become

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Hope Hodge Seck (@HopeSeck) profile pictureHope Hodge Seck@HopeSeckOct 12
‘We’ve drowned ourselves in buzzwords:’ Acting US Army secretary gives sermon-like first speech defensenews.com/pentagon/202…
‘We’ve drowned ourselves in buzzwords’: Acting US Army secretary gives sermon-like first speech

‘We’ve drowned ourselves in buzzwords’: Acting US Army secretary gives sermon-like first speech

Adam Telle enlisted the Old Testament to preach a message of simplicity of purpose on Monday in his first public speech to troops since assuming the role.

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Headed to AUSA tomorrow! SO EXCITED. If you see me, say hi! (And forgive me for being an awkward nerd.)
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Neil Renic@NC_RenicOct 12
All your writing is peer-reviewed if your spouse is judgmental enough
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My favorite historical method of issuing orders: in 1779, there were these things called message balls or message shells. You hollowed out a howitzer shell, put your message inside, and then SHOT IT AT YOUR INTENDED RECIPIENT.
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About to go full mad scientist in my kitchen replicating how the U.S. Army printed orders and maps in the trenches of the Western Front…
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I am now dyed a lovely shade of purple (and my Malinois is very confused.)
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My first print from last night next to one I just made…. Gettin blobby after 24 hours…
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